Convictions Under the Fisheries Act, North Shore Area

QUEBEC CITY, QUEBEC--(Marketwire - Feb. 25, 2013) - Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Quebec Region, has released a list of fishers fined in November and December 2012 and January 2013 for offences under the Fisheries Act.

The fines imposed on the offenders total $9,100. In addition, the value of the seized fish was confiscated from two offenders while the fishing licence of another was suspended. The offenders are:

Offender and home

Offence

Fine

Omer Chenard
(Forestville)

Harvesting softshell clams during a closed time.

$300

Laval-Marie Dionne
(Trois-Pistoles)

Possession of whelks under the minimum legal size.

$3,000 + suspension of whelk licence from April 8 to May 8, 2013.

Stephan Emond
(Portneuf-sur-Mer)

Failure to land entire snow crab catch under the supervision of a dockside observer.

$3,000 + confiscation of the value of the seized fish ($448.64)

Bertin Landry
(Havre-Saint-Pierre)

Possession of five Atlantic halibut under minimum legal size.

$1,300 + confiscation of the value of the seized fish ($212.43)

René Mills
(Jonquière)

Possession of fish from the Saguenay River recreational groundfish fishery processed to the point where it is difficult to determine their species.

$300

André Moreau
(Godbout)
Aurélien Soucy
(Godbout)

Exceeding the recreational groundfish fishery quota.

$350 each

Sylvio Morency
(Blanc-Sablon)

Fishing for cod during a closed time.

$500

Fisheries and Oceans Canada has a mandate to protect and conserve marine resources and to prosecute offenders under the Fisheries Act. To report a poacher, dial 1-800-463-9057. All calls are anonymous and confidential.